Sentences with phrase «public favor»

Over 70 percent of the American public favors renewal of federal accountability legislation, and performance on similar tests is known to be important economically.

The honeymoon has long since faded, and public favor left along with it.

By a nearly two - to - one margin, the American public favors this policy.

The reasons it is still near the bottom of public favor presumably are the same as they were: Standard Oil spells Rockefeller, Trust, Big Business, Big Profits.

Whereas 55 % of the general public favored targeted vouchers in 2012, only 43 % do in 2016.

The Wine Group has launched the «Better Wines Better World» website in an attempt to curry public favor for technologically advanced, environmentally friendly and economically practical boxed wines.

(Where 52 percent of legislators favor vouchers and 40 percent oppose, 61 percent of the American public favor vouchers and only 33 percent oppose.)

Soering shows the inescapable effect of the political demagoguery in this country that makes «tough on crime» speeches the cheapest way to garner votes and curry public favor.

Epic Big - 12 matchup between two top - 10, undefeated teams, with public favoring the Aggies slightly at home.

He has also been working to determine whether Mayor Bill de Blasio and his aides traded public favors for donations to his now - shuttered political nonprofit, Campaign for One New York.

The judge should have locked his xxxxx up, for contempt of court, when the Senator held his sidewalk talks each day aimed at gaining public favor and spinning his side of the case better than his high priced attorneys could in court.

We opened the game at +25 but have seen the price driven down to as low as +20 for public favored UCLA.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance and Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim announced earlier this month they would not press charges against de Blasio over his political fundraising, although they highlighted a number of ways the mayor had apparently circumvented election law and delivered public favors for donors.

The general public favors holding a constitutional convention, but support has slipped significantly over the past year with 44 percent of New Yorkers that Siena College surveyed this month saying they'll vote yes.

Seventy - three percent of Californians, but only 63 % of the U. S. public favor the federal requirement that students be tested in grades three through eight and again in high school.

But only 21 percent of the general public favored federally mandated race - based adjustments on school discipline.

When these sports fell from public favor and were outlawed, their supporters turned to dog fighting and sought to create a sporting dog that, while retaining the legendary courage and ferocity of the Bulldog, would incorporate the greater agility of the terrier.

A Boston suburb is sidelining commercial mowers in favor of a local farmer's goats to maintain a public

Melbourne provides the film's sole source of conflict, both political and romantic: his essentially conservative politics hold considerable sway over the naive young Queen, bringing out her of public favor, while the quasi-romantic confidante status he enjoys with her is resented by Albert.

Bharara has also spent months examining whether Mayor Bill de Blasio traded public favors for donations to his now - shuttered political nonprofit, Campaign for One New York.

In 2013, 65 percent of the general public favored the standards, but that portion fell to 53 percent in 2014 (see Figure 1).

When informed of President Obama's support for merit pay, public favor for the idea rose by 13 percent.

Only 15 percent of the public favors increasing immigration.

To the extent that the public favors immigration, the American people (Democrats and Republicans) favor increasing high - skill immigration.

I would like to see them both talk themselves right out of the public favor.

It would be useful to debate the vision of politics according to which facts must become law — that is, that the law must change as soon as polls reveal that a majority of the public favors an opinion.

It is also painfully obvious that the public loves betting on overs, however this may be the first year that the public favors the under.

With the public favoring Chicago, the line has moved a full point to -1.5.

The public favored Pittsburgh, while the sharps favored Detroit.

Although the sharp players favor the Bears, the public favors Seattle by a ratio of 5 - to - 2.

Which side is the public favoring?

The opener of Green Bay -3 -LRB--112) drew heavy action on both sides, but the public favored the Packers by nearly a 2 - to - 1 margin.

Our opener of Rams +10 -110 drew heavy volume, with the public favoring St. Louis.

The media does the public no favor by annointing King Andy and never questioning him when he consistently uses rationale of making government more efficient as a ruse to gain total power.

They have done the public a favor.

Stifling dissent is not doing the public any favors.»

A federal grand jury is contemplating federal claims that the administration granted «pay - to - play» public favors to individuals and organizations that sank cash into de Blasio's now - defunct political nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York — which advocates described as a «shadow government.»

• Only 35 % of the public favors class - size reduction when told its cost relative to raising teacher salaries or purchasing more books and technologies, compared to 46 % not informed of relative costs.

The percentage of the public favoring higher salaries for teachers, at 65 %, reached its highest point since 2008.

Forty - three percent of the public favor vouchers that would give low - income families a wider choice.

In 2016, 61 % of the public favor an increase in per pupil expenditures, but when told their district's current spending level before the question is posed, only 45 % favor an increment.

When asked whether «local taxes to fund public schools in your district should increase, decrease, or stay the same,» only 29 percent of the public favor an increase (see Figure 1a).